At one point, as [Reps.] Moran, Tauscher and Rep. Jon Porter (R-Nev.) were heading to lunch in the fortified Green Zone, an American urgently tried to get their attention, apparently to voice concerns about the war effort, the participants said. Security whisked the man away before he could make his point…

But even such tight control could not always filter out the bizarre world inside the barricades. At one point, the three were trying to discuss the state of Iraqi security forces with Iraq’s national security adviser, Mowaffak al-Rubaie, but the large, flat-panel television set facing the official proved to be a distraction. Rubaie was watching children’s cartoons.

When Moran asked him to turn it off, Rubaie protested with a laugh and said, “But this is my favorite television show,” Moran recalled.

Honest to god, my first thought when I read that was “pull out now.” He’s the same rat, you may remember, who spent the evening of Saddam’s execution calling in to U.S. cable TV networks to blow smoke up America’s ass about what a polished and professional operation it was. Then when the cell phone video came out proving it was basically a gangland hanging, he turned on a dime. The truth is, he’d only benefit from a pullout because his Shiite goons would fill the power vacuum and go on a rampage. Or rather, a bigger rampage than they’re already on.

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That’s an interesting WaPo article to be sure. No question who the hero is though:

Reid’s friends see the wear on him. “I think he has agonized over this,” said Rep. Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.), who has known Reid since she was a teenager. “I can see it. It weighs on his shoulders. But he’s approaching this for all the right reasons, and I admire him for that.”

I am also surprised though. I fully expected an increase counter-push against the news of the surge with an emphasis on the lack of political progress. I didn’t expect Reid to give up an inch of his ‘we’ve lost and we need to leave tomorrow’ theme.

But even such tight control could not always filter out the bizarre world inside the barricades. At one point, the three were trying to discuss the state of Iraqi security forces with Iraq’s national security adviser, Mowaffak al-Rubaie, but the large, flat-panel television set facing the official proved to be a distraction. Rubaie was watching children’s cartoons.

When Moran asked him to turn it off, Rubaie protested with a laugh and said, “But this is my favorite television show,” Moran recalled.

This is very common in Iraq and should be thought of as a cultural issue, not a political one.

There’s nothing left to say about the Dhimmis. They are unbelievably transparent and will say ANYTHING they think they have to say at any moment-hypocrasy? Who cares! And STILL 50% of our population is going to vote for one of these bottom feeders. Depressing…

Don’t trust Reid, he’s up to something. He *does* want us out of Iraq, he’s just playin’ his cards … when his chips are down … or whatever that expression is. Anyway, forget BAGHDAD, when are we gonna withdrawl from BALTIMORE??? The murder rate is almost 300 so far this year. But the good news is that 90 percent of them are also criminals. Trash takin’ out the other trash.

Please. This Iraqi guy should be getting a medal for treating these Democratic Congressman with the contempt they deserve. These are the same Dems who were pissed the soldiers got dossiers stating the Rep’s anti-war positions. They didn’t like being outed in front of the troops they were stabbing in the back when back home.

This was never about the war in Iraq, it was all about being against Bush. As the DEMs are starting to see Hillary in the WH they have to “find” reasons to not be so anti war. The sad fact is that had the DEMs actually supported the war years ago instead of making it into a political game fewer soldiers would be dead and wounded and AQ wouldn’t have gained such a foothold in Iraq. It’s good to remember that all that CIA WMD intel came from Clinton’s very own CIA director and that most DEMs voted for the war before they decided they were against it.

I’m not confident at all that the TV incident really took place as described. There are many perfectly innocuous ways in which something somewhat like the incident may have occurred, and then have been too-good-to-checked into the illustration of Iraqi un-seriousness and disrespect.